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TIL about William James Sidis: The Smartest Guy Ever?
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TIL that after acting as his own attorney and being found guilty, a North Carolina man appealed his conviction on the basis that he did not receive "effective assistance of counsel" (i.e. himself). His appeal was denied.
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TIL Hooters ran an airline for 3 years
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TIL during the 1942 blockade of Leningrad, where starvation was utilised as a siege strategy, those convicted of cannibalism were divided into two legal categories: corpse-eating and person-eating. The former were sent to prison, while the latter were shot.
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TIL The “hobbit people” survived long after Neanderthals, making them the most recent Homo genus apart from humans. Evidence for tool usage and water travel were also found.
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TIL that an 18-year-old Florida girl is serving 2 years under house arrest for having a lesbian relationship with her 15-year-old girlfriend.